Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) is becoming a standard treatment for vestibular schwannoma (VS); it is ranked with microsurgery from the perspective of tumor control and audiofacial nerve function preservation. A new treatment technique that will improve the tumor shrinkage ratio, shorten the patient's recovery time, and even recover some cranial nerve function is described.
Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medicine, Institute of Advanced Biomedical Technology and Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. GKRmoto@aol.com
